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Sirius (not the radio) is a white dwarf and the brightest star in the sky in the constellation Canus Major. (Actually it's a binary system.) Pollux is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, brighter even than its Gemini twin and quadruple star system Castor. Arcturus is the 3rd brightest star in the night sky in the constellation Bootes near the Big Dipper.


Antares is a red supergiant in the constellation Scorpius. If placed where our Sun is, it would reach out to Mars orbit. Aldebaran is the bull's eye of Taurus and has just burnt off its hydrogen and is primarily burning helium as it swells larger. Rigel is the 9th brightest star and the brightest in the constellation Orion. Actually it is a triple system; a binary pair orbits the main star. Betelgeuse, a red supergiant, is on Orion's right shoulder and is as large as Jupiter's orbit, one of the largest known stars.